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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

And I quickly found myself in a role of access lead for Orange County and where I managed over 300 doctors. Patients nowadays have evolved, so our ability to build and engineer AI systems to help people help themselves is going to be the future. I really enjoyed that, but really had my eye on more systems of things.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

Ibogaine shows potential for promoting neuroplasticity and aiding recovery, though it carries cardiac risks that require careful management. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages. The initiative aims to attract additional private investment and facilitate FDA approval.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . That’s where it really gets to this individual risks and balances, individual situation. There is a dearth of Certified Driving Rehab Specialists: 12 for the entire state of Colorado!

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

The commonest strategy to manage acute pain in preterm babies is to give them sucrose , a sugar solution. One of these sites does not use sucrose for acute pain management. We found no link between preterm babies later behavior and how much sucrose they were given to manage pain. Whats more, pain isnt always managed.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Eric: And what do we know about the outcomes of individuals getting these procedures, especially those with cognitive issues and dementia.

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. I’m the project manager, so my job’s to zoom in. The pushback is we can’t find folks.

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

GeriPal

We did another nudging trial where the deep default was for default palliative care consultations for high risk patients, and it significantly increased individuals who were receiving palliative care. We tested two different nudges individually and then we combined them. I highly encourage you. Kate 13:59 What did we do?